Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
NEW TARIFF BILL.
,,,.sure Prepared by Mr. Mills OF
T.,as.-rhe Present Rates Of Duty
Revised Throughout
Oohodules Rearranged OH q New
AZ Rill Which viii Probably
ri,pre Largely in Congress
ional Debates.

sentative Mills, of Texas, who
BEL chairman of the committee on
'n a and means, has prepared a taIln
Es!' :. isa complete revision or the
BILL rotss and Encouragement of Ghe
pfe'snt. scbedules. His bill is divided In
PFessH' .cbadnles. Schedule A embraces
70 SD ent houor schedule aud that ID
las y IA without any change whatever,
ll' n =, that alcoholic preparations are
sic9P' from the chemical schedule and
'S ,,.5 70 sehedule A. Schedule B imposes
sdus 'so ~ rate of 40 per cent. ad valorem
s uli'O .aa articles therein enumerated.
apV .I.ss are included jewelry, precious
u NV including diamonds, all manufac-
w. w. Of sugar, molasses, confectionery
'. .S al other articles included in the pres
l NV s1gar schedule; cigars, cigarettes OF
en- I l;1ds leaf tobacco, and all other to-
~ manufactured and unmanufactur-
' - .nd gloves of kid, and leather of every
description.
nj. articles enumerated in schedule @
40 to pay uniform rate of 80 per cent
o. 1.aIoraIn This schedule includes chemi-
Send proprietary medicines; manu-
,a,,,,-es of copper, brass, iron and steel;
,a,isrv of all kinds; muskets, rifles and
" e,earms; manufactures of leather,
~,rnfactures of wool, wooded cloths, in
ending blankets, knit goods, and ready
mad. clothing and wearing apparel OF
. ,s description; carpets of all kinds;
mspnfactures of cotton, china, porcelain,
s,,tban. stone and brown ware, not other
si.s proyided for; fax, hemp, jute and
Ssir manufactures; glass bottles and
AMER manufactures of glass, including
Irtieles enumerated to Schedule d pay
Uniform duty of 20 per cent. ad yalor-
an In this schedule are included books
end pamphlets, engrayings, clocks ana
catches. common stone and brown
sstbenware; fish, sailed and fresh, straw
bonpsts. hats and hoods, braids, lace
trimmings for making or ornamenting
straw hats, etc; india rubber, gutta per-
cha, and their manufactures; calf skins
and morocco; skins dressed and undress-
Cd If all descriptions.
The articles enumerated in Schedule E
are TO pay a uniform rate of 10 per cent.
adyalorem. In these are included wheat
and wheat flour, Indian corn and meal,
oats AID oat meal, beef pork and other
provisions: MANILA and other like sub
stances for hemp II anuf6ctures of paper.
THE FREE LIST.
Schedule L is the free list. The present
free list is transferred to this schedule
and a large number of articles upon the
duty list are transferred to it, the greater
na1ber being chemicals. Among the
other articles made fres that now pay
duty are, copper in plates, ingots, sheets,
pigs and other forms; anthracite and
btuminous coal, iron and lead ore; hair
Of the Alpaca goat, and other like ami
mails; all kinds of wool, including rags;
shoddy waste and fax; timber, hewed,
sawed, squared, and sided, sawed boards,
panks slaves of wood, pickets, pales,
lsih, shingles, clapboards, and other
forms Of manufactured wood; empty
casks and barrels.
There is basket" clause appended
which provides that all articles not enum
Grated in the bill shall pay a uniform
duty Of 30 per cent. ad valorem. The
enaeting clause provides that it shall
take eject on and after July l, next.
The bill Is now in the hands of treasury
experts, who are preparing tabulated
statement showing the rates now imposed
and these proposed by the bill.